あらすじ
1929. Alexandre Loujine is an eccentric man who is detached from the world. His sole interest is chess. He is among the world’s top players of the sport. It compensates for the lack of affection from which he’s suffered throughout his life. Loujine heads for a small seaside resort in the north of Italy to play in a do-or-die tournament. The obsessive, blinkered existence of this man who has always believed he only had one passion is shaken up by Natalia, a beautiful Russian aristocrat émigré. She is destined to marry a wealthy man and her mother, Vera, has already found the perfect candidate: Count Jean de Stassard, an attractive chess fan who has come to watch the tournament. Natalia knows that Stassard would make a perfect husband, but she’s attracted to Loujine. Although the count provides her with pleasant cruises and witty conversation, the chess player makes wild declarations of love and enchants her with his genius… Contrary to her parents’ wishes, the young woman embarks upon a...
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映画製作・配給会社 (4)
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- 製作代表 : Louis Becker
- シナリオライター : Peter Berry
- フォトディレクター : Bernard Lutic
- 作曲家 : Alexandre Desplat
- 編集担当 : Michael Reichwein
- 録音技師 : Peter Glossop
- Costume designer : Jany Temime
- Foreign producer : Caroline Wood
- 原作者 : Vladimir Nabokov
- 共同製作 : Philippe Guez
- 報道担当(映画) : Jean-Pierre Vincent
- 装飾 : Tony Burrough
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技術面詳細
- タイプ : 長編映画
- ジャンル : フィクション
- サブジャンル : ドラマ, ロマンス
- 言語 : 英語
- 出身 : イギリス, フランス
- Original French-language productions : いいえ